# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wes-matthews
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:04:30.089Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wes-matthews"
name: "Wes Matthews"
slug: "wes-matthews"
description: "Wesley Joel Matthews Sr. is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He won two NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers. He is the father of former NBA player Wesley Matthews."
tagline: "American basketball player (born 1959)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WesMatthews1989.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1959-08-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.15
  momentum:             4.090716322166786
  historical:           9.197305333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Мэттьюз, Уэс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B2"
    title: "ويس ماثيوز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B2"
    title: "ويس ماثيوز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Matthews"
    title: "Wes Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Matthews"
    title: "Wes Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Matthews"
    title: "Wes Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Matthews"
    title: "Wes Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA"
    title: "ウェズ・マシューズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Matthews"
    title: "Wes Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Matthews"
    title: "Wes Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q772141"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump